Originally Posted by reaper~;13299903
Now you got me curious. Pics please, ch_123.

Add my new (or should that be old?) IBM 3179 Model F to the list

I'd never trust a keyboard that wasn't made before I was born.

The beast itself. I count the brightness and contrast markings on the left hand F keys as media keys The APL keycaps are new.

For those wondering how big it is, this is how big it is.

Being a Model F, it is built to unnecessarily high standards. The plastic upper is really just a cover, the underside and most of the inside of the keyboard is metal. It weighs in at 4.5kg (~9lbs). The bottom metal cover alone weighs in at around 1.5kg, which is more than an entire fullsize Topre or Filco.

I will make a better review as soon as I get the chance. It will be adapted to PC usage using a Teensy++ based homemade converter, which will allow me to map the additional keys to different stuff without requiring software drivers. However, I'm two exams into eleven, and thus before I get to clean the thing up, convert it to proper ANSI US layout, and make the adapter, there is about two weeks of repeated cramming and panicking, ended with the consumption of possibly unhealthy quantities of alcohol, and adopting a Brian Wilson-like stance of refusing to leave my bed which may last several days. Such are the intricacies of life.Edited by ch_123 - 5/4/11 at 11:18am

Most of the keys on the alpha block (all the ones with the orange APL markings, plus the tab and the Ctrl where the Caps Lock should be) are new from Unicomp. Some of the numpad ones came from some Model Ms. Rest will be getting a bath at some point in the future, or will be replaced with other keycaps.

Originally Posted by Crazy9000;13381491
Take off a key, the stem should be brown if it's browns.

Just did, turns out it is a brown. It's going a take a while to just used to this, my typing style will be much softer though. The key feel is much different from a traditional keyboard. Having a blank keyboard is great though, I always found that the labels got in the way.